Local News: General News
Political parties stress respect for will of the people to hold elections as soon as possible.
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Tripoli, 3 July , 2022 (Lana) – The political parties stressed the need to respect the will of the people and heading to their demands to hold presidential and parliamentary elections as soon as possible.This came in a joint statement that warned against ignoring or underestimating the will of the people. The parties confirmed their standing with all Libyans, and with their right to demonstrate, sit-in, peaceful protest, and declare civil disobedience until their demands are met. The statement held the House... Read more
EU Ambassador to Libya considers yesterday's demonstrations evidence of people's desire for change through elections.
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Tripoli, 2 July 2022 (Lana) EU Ambassador to Libya Jose Sabadell considered Friday’s demonstrations in a number of Libyan cities a confirmation of the people's desire for change through elections, calling for their voices to be heard, and for these protests to be peaceful. "We are closely following the events across Libya, which confirmed that the people want change through elections, and their voices must be heard," Ambassador José Sabadell said in a tweet. Sabadell said protests should take place peacefully, without any kind of... Read more
Lana correspondent: protesters set fire to the city's financial services control building in Sebha.
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Tripoli, 2 July 2022 (Lana) Demonstrators who took to the streets of Sabha on Friday evening, to demonstrate their rejection of all political bodies and economic and security conditions, set fire to the city's financial services control building, the Libyan news agency correspondent reported.The correspondent explained that the fire in the financial services control building caused the destruction and burning of many offices, equipment, and documents. ... Read more
The National Democratic Building Bloc calls on the Presidential Council to shoulder its responsibility and initiate consultations to form a transitional government to organize the elections.
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Tripoli, 2 July 2022 (Lana) The National Bloc for Democratic Building has announced its support for the demands of the demonstrators across Libya from Tripoli to Tobruk, Benghazi, Misrata, Ajabiya demanding an urgent solution to the intractable crisis suffered by the Libyan people and to resolve what they call dilapidated Parliament houses that have failed to provide a solution to meet the aspirations of the Libyan people.In a statement to the President of the Presidential... Read more
After Friday's protests, Williams calls for restraint and condemns storming of the House of Representatives.
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Tripoli, 2 July 2022 (Lana) UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams called for respect and protection of right of the Libyan people to peaceful protest.Commenting on Friday’s demonstrations in several Libyan cities demanding the dissolution of all political bodies, as a result of deteriorating living conditions and expediting of elections. "Riots and vandalism such as the storming of the House of Representatives late yesterday... Read more
